No Man Is an Island
- In this post, I argue that individual intellectual activity can only be sustained in an intellectual community of other humans.
- AI dissolves these communities, which in turn makes private intellectual activity rarer.
- The Case of Software Some years ago, when it became clear that AI would solve software engineering, my thinking was: In my professional life, I’m happy to move one level up to become a manager of AI agents.
Unverified
- In this post, I argue that individual intellectual activity can only be sustained in an intellectual community of other humans.
- AI dissolves these communities, which in turn makes private intellectual activity rarer.
- The Case of Software Some years ago, when it became clear that AI would solve software engineering, my thinking was: In my professional life, I’m happy to move one level up to become a manager of AI agents.
Sources: Borretti